diff --git a/db/column_family_test.cc b/db/column_family_test.cc
index c795cf213..6c2351cce 100644
--- a/db/column_family_test.cc
+++ b/db/column_family_test.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <thread>
 
 #include "db/db_impl.h"
+#include "db/db_test_util.h"
 #include "rocksdb/db.h"
 #include "rocksdb/env.h"
 #include "rocksdb/iterator.h"
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@
 
 namespace rocksdb {
 
+static const int kValueSize = 1000;
+
 namespace {
 std::string RandomString(Random* rnd, int len) {
   std::string r;
@@ -70,6 +73,77 @@ class ColumnFamilyTest : public testing::Test {
     delete env_;
   }
 
+  // Return the value to associate with the specified key
+  Slice Value(int k, std::string* storage) {
+    if (k == 0) {
+      // Ugh.  Random seed of 0 used to produce no entropy.  This code
+      // preserves the implementation that was in place when all of the
+      // magic values in this file were picked.
+      *storage = std::string(kValueSize, ' ');
+      return Slice(*storage);
+    } else {
+      Random r(k);
+      return test::RandomString(&r, kValueSize, storage);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void Build(int base, int n, int flush_every = 0) {
+    std::string key_space, value_space;
+    WriteBatch batch;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+      if (flush_every != 0 && i != 0 && i % flush_every == 0) {
+        DBImpl* dbi = reinterpret_cast<DBImpl*>(db_);
+        dbi->TEST_FlushMemTable();
+      }
+
+      int keyi = base + i;
+      Slice key(DBTestBase::Key(keyi));
+
+      batch.Clear();
+      batch.Put(handles_[0], key, Value(keyi, &value_space));
+      batch.Put(handles_[1], key, Value(keyi, &value_space));
+      batch.Put(handles_[2], key, Value(keyi, &value_space));
+      ASSERT_OK(db_->Write(WriteOptions(), &batch));
+    }
+  }
+
+  void CheckMissed() {
+    uint64_t next_expected = 0;
+    uint64_t missed = 0;
+    int bad_keys = 0;
+    int bad_values = 0;
+    int correct = 0;
+    std::string value_space;
+    for (int cf = 0; cf < 3; cf++) {
+      next_expected = 0;
+      Iterator* iter = db_->NewIterator(ReadOptions(false, true), handles_[cf]);
+      for (iter->SeekToFirst(); iter->Valid(); iter->Next()) {
+        uint64_t key;
+        Slice in(iter->key());
+        in.remove_prefix(3);
+        if (!ConsumeDecimalNumber(&in, &key) || !in.empty() ||
+            key < next_expected) {
+          bad_keys++;
+          continue;
+        }
+        missed += (key - next_expected);
+        next_expected = key + 1;
+        if (iter->value() != Value(static_cast<int>(key), &value_space)) {
+          bad_values++;
+        } else {
+          correct++;
+        }
+      }
+      delete iter;
+    }
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, bad_keys);
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, bad_values);
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, missed);
+    (void)correct;
+  }
+
   void Close() {
     for (auto h : handles_) {
       if (h) {
@@ -2597,6 +2671,80 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, LogSyncConflictFlush) {
   Close();
 }
 #endif
+
+// this test is placed here, because the infrastructure for Column Family
+// test is being used to ensure a roll of wal files.
+// Basic idea is to test that WAL truncation is being detected and not
+// ignored
+TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, DISABLED_LogTruncationTest) {
+  Open();
+  CreateColumnFamiliesAndReopen({"one", "two"});
+
+  Build(0, 100);
+
+  // Flush the 0th column family to force a roll of the wal log
+  Flush(0);
+
+  // Add some more entries
+  Build(100, 100);
+
+  std::vector<std::string> filenames;
+  ASSERT_OK(env_->GetChildren(dbname_, &filenames));
+
+  // collect wal files
+  std::vector<std::string> logfs;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < filenames.size(); i++) {
+    uint64_t number;
+    FileType type;
+    if (!(ParseFileName(filenames[i], &number, &type))) continue;
+
+    if (type != kLogFile) continue;
+
+    logfs.push_back(filenames[i]);
+  }
+
+  std::sort(logfs.begin(), logfs.end());
+  ASSERT_GE(logfs.size(), 2);
+
+  // Take the last but one file, and truncate it
+  std::string fpath = dbname_ + "/" + logfs[logfs.size() - 2];
+  std::vector<std::string> names_save = names_;
+
+  uint64_t fsize;
+  ASSERT_OK(env_->GetFileSize(fpath, &fsize));
+  ASSERT_GT(fsize, 0);
+
+  Close();
+
+  std::string backup_logs = dbname_ + "/backup_logs";
+  std::string t_fpath = backup_logs + "/" + logfs[logfs.size() - 2];
+
+  ASSERT_OK(env_->CreateDirIfMissing(backup_logs));
+  // Not sure how easy it is to make this data driven.
+  // need to read back the WAL file and truncate last 10
+  // entries
+  CopyFile(fpath, t_fpath, fsize - 9180);
+
+  ASSERT_OK(env_->DeleteFile(fpath));
+  ASSERT_OK(env_->RenameFile(t_fpath, fpath));
+
+  db_options_.wal_recovery_mode = WALRecoveryMode::kPointInTimeRecovery;
+
+  OpenReadOnly(names_save);
+
+  CheckMissed();
+
+  Close();
+
+  Open(names_save);
+
+  CheckMissed();
+
+  Close();
+
+  // cleanup
+  env_->DeleteDir(backup_logs);
+}
 }  // namespace rocksdb
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {